Technology 2000 analysis & forecast

Article Abstract:

Perhaps the most important lesson the technology sector learned from the last century is the importance of standards to expedite the advancement of industry. Though there is debate over whether proprietary standards or the public domain are better for the development of the tech industry, cross-platform confusion and incompatibility between similar applications will be increasingly circumvented through interoperability. Cellular technology, power consumption, programming languages, encryption and privacy technology all benefit from the adoption of industry-wide standards that allow technology to move forward in the midst of competition between companies that vie to find the best way to use it. Emerging technologies such as human genome mapping and robotics will benefit from standards that make the technologies useful on a global scale.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Strategy & planning, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Technology & Information, Administration of General Economic Programs, Standards, Planning, High technology industry, Internet, Forecasts and trends, Standardization, Processor architecture, Industry trend, Standard, Preview of coming year, Processor architectures, Technological forecasting

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The troubling state of nuclear controls

Article Abstract:

An in-depth report on the poor condition of many Russian nuclear weapons as well as command and control systems and the threat of accidental nuclear war is presented. Russia's radar and satellite early-warning networks are breaking down, leading to serious danger that missiles could be launched as the result of a false alarm. A satellite error in 1979 almost led to accidental launches at the height of the Cold War, but Soviet leaders then had access to reliable information indicating that US missiles were not headed for Moscow. The collapse of the Soviet Union has left Russia with dangerously antiquated equipment it cannot afford to replace. The overall outcome of such a situation is a climate of mistrust. Perspectives on how the threat might be ameliorated are presented.

Services information, National Security, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, National Defense, Nuclear Ordnance & Equip, Ordnance and accessories, not elsewhere classified, Management issue, Nuclear industry, Russia, Information management, Nuclear weapons, Weapons industry

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Saving private e-mail: in the spam war trenches, clever programmers are trying to stem the tide of unwanted messages

Article Abstract:

A promising technique that relies on Bayesian probability approaches could help in the struggle to control spam, aka junk email.

Prevention, Spam (Junk email), Unsolicited bulk e-mail

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